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mitt romney. >> fla., 50, romney. georgia, 76 votes. >> madame secretary, on behalf of the georgia republican voters and the empire state. i stand here with the speaker of the house. we, along with the governor probably give 72 of our delegate votes to the next president of the united states, mitt romney and paul ryan. >> could i please have the state of georgia repeat your account? >> 72 votes for mitt romney. we have 34 ron -- 3 for ron paul and one and decided. >> georgia, 72, rumomney. guam, 9 votes. >> i am the governor of warm and it spread republicans. we are where america's day begins. i have my purpleheart commemoration to. we have a simple count, it is 9 delegates unanimously for the next president of united states, mitt romney. >> bomb, 9, mitt romney. -- guam, 9, romney. >> hawaii. >> i'm the vice chair of the hawaii delegation. why is proud to cast 3 votes for congressman ron paul and 17 votes for mitt romney including 5 released santorum delegates. we are proud to be here and we are described as the love
mitt romney. >> fla., 50, romney. georgia, 76 votes. >> madame secretary, on behalf of the georgia republican voters and the empire state. i stand here with the speaker of the house. we, along with the governor probably give 72 of our delegate votes to the next president of the united states, mitt romney and paul ryan. >> could i please have the state of georgia repeat your account? >> 72 votes for mitt romney. we have 34 ron -- 3 for ron paul and one and decided....
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romney. mr. romney kept introducing himself to doherty over and over again and he thought that pathetic. >> the ultimate count by the end of the night was four times. romney actually approached him using this private gathering as a political venture to further his image and glen just believed it to be very insincere and stale. you know, he said it was pathetic and comical to have the same person come up to you within only, you know, a half hour reintroduce himself to you, having absolutely no idea whatsoever that he just did this 20 minutes ago and did not even recognize glen's face, whether it be republican, democrat, it doesn't make a difference. this guy is using our great friend, our humble and honorable great friend that we know is just a regular guy who is truly larger than life. he has become an actual part of the soap box routine for politics in a presidential race. i think glen would feel almost embarrassed for romney. i think he would feel pity for him. >> glen doherty's mother barbara
romney. mr. romney kept introducing himself to doherty over and over again and he thought that pathetic. >> the ultimate count by the end of the night was four times. romney actually approached him using this private gathering as a political venture to further his image and glen just believed it to be very insincere and stale. you know, he said it was pathetic and comical to have the same person come up to you within only, you know, a half hour reintroduce himself to you, having...
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first and foremost, a romney. the romney name has been in the public eye the last half century, a family of great wealth and business achievement. political success as well as failures. mitt was the fourth and last child for george and lenore romney, born march 12th, 1947. some recall him as the favorite. george wrote to the family in september, 1956, mitt is growing like a weed, is full of ideas and energy as ever. tom mccaffrey grew up with romney. >> mitt as a child was extremely energetic, a kid that could never sit down. his mind was going 100 miles an hour. >> george was much the same way. he's just -- he's got that energy. >> phillip maxwell lived down the street from the romneys in a wealthy detroit suburb. >> george would go out on the golf course. he had fluorescent golf balls and he would hit the ball and he would run after the ball jogging, hit the ball again, and that was his exercise. >> young mitt not only had his father's energy -- >> there seems to be a special bond between george and mitt. >> mic
first and foremost, a romney. the romney name has been in the public eye the last half century, a family of great wealth and business achievement. political success as well as failures. mitt was the fourth and last child for george and lenore romney, born march 12th, 1947. some recall him as the favorite. george wrote to the family in september, 1956, mitt is growing like a weed, is full of ideas and energy as ever. tom mccaffrey grew up with romney. >> mitt as a child was extremely...
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it is finding the anti-romney candidate that can beat mitt romney. that person has not been found, at least not in a reliable quantity or for a reliable length of time. but the santorum folks say they will obviously fight on. their next stop is in kansas where they have a weekend contest coming up. they like their chances very much in the southern states of alabama and mississippi. back to you in new york. >> how, steve, will the santorum camp use the wins they did have tonight on super tuesday going forward into those states? many of which do carry substantial number of delegates. >> their argument is they have won all over the place and mitt romney doesn't have favorable footing in places like alabama, places like mississippi, places like texas where you have a great -- a greater number of social conservatives and a greater number of evangelicals and you have just a greater number of folks that would have more natural con stiff wean -- con stiff wean sees. they believe those #r* places they can go and compete and win and win handily. they like thei
it is finding the anti-romney candidate that can beat mitt romney. that person has not been found, at least not in a reliable quantity or for a reliable length of time. but the santorum folks say they will obviously fight on. their next stop is in kansas where they have a weekend contest coming up. they like their chances very much in the southern states of alabama and mississippi. back to you in new york. >> how, steve, will the santorum camp use the wins they did have tonight on super...
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less than 60 seconds after romney said president obama puts americans against each other, romney answered this question. >> romney claims the president is causing resentment mean americans. but romney himself is outlining a class war between two distinct halves of the country. romney stumbled to address the comments he made at a fundraiser in a late news conference last night. >> romney claims the president is causing resentment mean americans. but romney himself is outlining a class war between two distinct halves of the country. romney stumbled to address the comments he made at a fundraiser in a late news conference last night. but romney made the matters only worse for himself. >> it's not elegantly stated. i'm speaking off the cuff in response to a question. i'm sure i could state it more clearly in a more effective way than i did in a setting like that. and so i'm sure i'll point that out as time goes on. we don't even have the question nor the full response and i hope the person who has the video would put out the full material. >> hold on, wait a minute. don't have the question? j
less than 60 seconds after romney said president obama puts americans against each other, romney answered this question. >> romney claims the president is causing resentment mean americans. but romney himself is outlining a class war between two distinct halves of the country. romney stumbled to address the comments he made at a fundraiser in a late news conference last night. >> romney claims the president is causing resentment mean americans. but romney himself is outlining a...
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romney was good. he got in the personal stories we heard from the trail. when he gets to the town hall he's going to have to do more about just talk with people he met and he has to engage. that's a different level. >> 1992, obama used to go back and look at the per perrot and clinton and he has that strength. he's a connector so we need to see him press the flesh and sell the smile. >> can you majts what that was like? >> it's the missed opportunity. would any political consultant will tell you is that you have to align your paid media with your free media. a debate is free media. his paid media is all about bane, the dream act, the auto industry rescue. right on down the looirn. in the paid media, none of them were mentioned except in passing. >> here's a good bipartisan question. why don't you take the messages of your paid media and use them in the debate? >> jonathan is so right. gm bailout helped obama win ohio in the polls. where was the message? >> in passing. that's the key. in passing. >> th
romney was good. he got in the personal stories we heard from the trail. when he gets to the town hall he's going to have to do more about just talk with people he met and he has to engage. that's a different level. >> 1992, obama used to go back and look at the per perrot and clinton and he has that strength. he's a connector so we need to see him press the flesh and sell the smile. >> can you majts what that was like? >> it's the missed opportunity. would any political...
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mitt romney was knee-deep in it. a rising star at a boston consulting group, bain and company, which has a great pitch -- help businesses make money by cutting costs. >> and by all accounts, mitt romney was very successful in advising companies how to improve their business operations. >> but soon romney's boss had a better idea. instead of just advising companies, why not buy them with investor money to generate huge profits? and bain capital was born. early partner, jeffrey reinert. >> a lot of late nights, a lot of learning. but a lot of success. >> what kind of a leader was mitt romney during those early years? >> i would say in the early years, mitt was a lead-by-example kind of leader. he dug in, did analysis side by side with us. >> and it paid off. bain capital invested in more than 100 companies, nearly doubling its returns for clients annually. >> how are you doing? >> romney made a lot of money. and he would later claim created a lot of jobs. but a former bank colleague who talked off camera about whether
mitt romney was knee-deep in it. a rising star at a boston consulting group, bain and company, which has a great pitch -- help businesses make money by cutting costs. >> and by all accounts, mitt romney was very successful in advising companies how to improve their business operations. >> but soon romney's boss had a better idea. instead of just advising companies, why not buy them with investor money to generate huge profits? and bain capital was born. early partner, jeffrey...
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mitt romney contradicted once again, mitt romney. and in the rewrite tonight, the things paul ryan can't say anymore thanks to mitt romney. for example, paul ryan never talks about the cayman islands anymore. and he used to talk about the cayman islands. and tomorrow is the last day that crazy congressman todd akin can drop out of the senate race whichever republican including mitt romney wants him to do. so why was newt gingrich at todd akin's side today urging him to stay in. newt can't stop making trouble for mitt. that's coming up. i'm so g lad you called. thank you. we're not in london, are we? no. why? apparently my debit card is. what? i know. don't worry, we have cancelled your old card. great. thank you. in addition to us monitoring your accounts for unusual activity, you could also set up free account alerts. okay. [ female announcer ] at wells fargo we're working around the clock to help protect your money and financial information. here's your temporary card. welcome back. how was london? [ female announcer ] wells fargo.
mitt romney contradicted once again, mitt romney. and in the rewrite tonight, the things paul ryan can't say anymore thanks to mitt romney. for example, paul ryan never talks about the cayman islands anymore. and he used to talk about the cayman islands. and tomorrow is the last day that crazy congressman todd akin can drop out of the senate race whichever republican including mitt romney wants him to do. so why was newt gingrich at todd akin's side today urging him to stay in. newt can't stop...
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but team romney is fighting the fallout from the lies of mitt romney about 47% of this country. with more lies. >> mitt romney is about to hit the ground in what could be hustle territory. >> mitt romney back on the campaign trail today. >> his first time since friday. >> and in damage control mode. >> the question in this campaign is not who cares about the poor and the middle class. >> i'm not concerned about the very poor. we have a safety net there. >> i do. he does. >> pay no attention to the man behind the curtain. >> the question is who can help the poor and the middle class. >> i like being able to fire people who provide services to me. >> strengthen medicare, save social security, this is the essence of compassion and conservatism. >> we have frankly two different views about america. >> with less than 50 days to go, the vultures are circles. >> a wide spread panic. >> open rebellion from the right. >> criticism from romney from fellow republicans is coming in fast and furious. >> why? >> they are not seeing mitt romney out on the trail enough. >> a brilliant fundraise
but team romney is fighting the fallout from the lies of mitt romney about 47% of this country. with more lies. >> mitt romney is about to hit the ground in what could be hustle territory. >> mitt romney back on the campaign trail today. >> his first time since friday. >> and in damage control mode. >> the question in this campaign is not who cares about the poor and the middle class. >> i'm not concerned about the very poor. we have a safety net there....
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in other words, romney's ad is a blatant lie. but romney is not backing down. he claims bill clinton is on his side. >> i think president clinton would be surprised to see that the legislation that he and republicans agreed upon to put work into welfare is now going to be waived, that work requirement, by virtue of a president who has a very different view about welfare than i think bill clinton and republicans did some years ago. >> romney is either lying or he's misinformed. former president bill clinton is not surprised at all. in fact, a clinton spokesman said president obama's new policy is consistent with policies enacted in the 1990s. the former president is giving the plan his blessing. looks like mitt romney got it all wrong again. joining me tonight is jonathan alter, msnbc political analyst and columnist for bloomberg view. great to have you with us. why is the romney campaign telling one lie after another? i mean, we just ran a story last night and also tonight on the ohio voting and now this. what's going on here? >> well, they are starting to real
in other words, romney's ad is a blatant lie. but romney is not backing down. he claims bill clinton is on his side. >> i think president clinton would be surprised to see that the legislation that he and republicans agreed upon to put work into welfare is now going to be waived, that work requirement, by virtue of a president who has a very different view about welfare than i think bill clinton and republicans did some years ago. >> romney is either lying or he's misinformed....
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romney is a conservative? >> romney is definitely a conservative. >> how did he get elected in massachusetts then? >> because he believed in fiscal responsibility, and you've got a blue collar electorate in massachusetts which often turns to conservatives who believe in fiscal responsibility. reagan ran fairly well in massachusetts, if you'll recall. >> yes, he did. >> because he believed in blue collar ideas which are basically fiscal conservatism. >> chris, we have a chat running in sunday's paper with the positions of all the candidates on -- on an awful lot of these issues, and i was struck by the fact that on paper there's no difference between and among candidates. they all say the same things, but i think you've got to go to the record, again, what has romney done that's really conservative versus what gingrich has done that is really conservative? >> would you recommend that your candidate gingrich go after governor romney hammer and tongue this saturday night on the abc debate and nbc debate, go after
romney is a conservative? >> romney is definitely a conservative. >> how did he get elected in massachusetts then? >> because he believed in fiscal responsibility, and you've got a blue collar electorate in massachusetts which often turns to conservatives who believe in fiscal responsibility. reagan ran fairly well in massachusetts, if you'll recall. >> yes, he did. >> because he believed in blue collar ideas which are basically fiscal conservatism. >> chris,...
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the names against romney changed, anybody but romney. electorate different, more mormons in arizona. >> right. >> but in terms of his conservativism, it looks loo a lot like florida, see the same kind of pattern emerging and romney a double-digit lead like he ended up with in florida. >> we should also point out that on advertising, basically the only people advertising are folks on behalf of romney in arizona, a much more even split in michigan. also might explain the poll numbers. finally, let's talk about satisfaction with the field. i still think it's pretty striking that 41% of republicans in michigan and 48% of republicans in arizona are not satisfied with this field. that's not good this late in the process. >> no. no. this reflect the division that's been going on since day one on the republican side, as there's been this weak front-runner in mitt romney and somebody else every week sort of emerging as the challenger. and the republican reasons, the big names stayed on the sidelines, they weren't into this. and at one point or an
the names against romney changed, anybody but romney. electorate different, more mormons in arizona. >> right. >> but in terms of his conservativism, it looks loo a lot like florida, see the same kind of pattern emerging and romney a double-digit lead like he ended up with in florida. >> we should also point out that on advertising, basically the only people advertising are folks on behalf of romney in arizona, a much more even split in michigan. also might explain the poll...
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five for romney. >> nevada. five. romney. new hampshire. 12 votes. >> madam secretary, new hampshire, the granite state where it all begins. where this year, not just our leaves will turn color, but the entire state will turn red. new hampshire, home of wolfborough the next summer white house for the united states of america. new hampshire casts nine votes for our adopted favorite son mitt romney of massachusetts. and three for representative ron paul. [ applause ] >> new hampshire. nine. romney. new hampshire, 50 votes. >> madam secretary, the garden state. the proud home of tonight's keynote address given by governor chris christie. [ applause ] proudly cast all 50 of its vote for next president of the united states, governor mitt romney. [ applause ] >> new jersey. 50. romney. [ applause ] >> that is the official word over the top, as you can see in the graphics. mitt romney has been voted the republican nominee. again, he won't officially accept; of course, until thursday. but after a long and at times bumpy primary proce
five for romney. >> nevada. five. romney. new hampshire. 12 votes. >> madam secretary, new hampshire, the granite state where it all begins. where this year, not just our leaves will turn color, but the entire state will turn red. new hampshire, home of wolfborough the next summer white house for the united states of america. new hampshire casts nine votes for our adopted favorite son mitt romney of massachusetts. and three for representative ron paul. [ applause ] >> new...
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for his father, george romney. one needs to look no further than his race in 1994 and a campaign in which george romney played a key advisory role. >> his father, i think, essentially moved into the house in belmont and he was a wonderful guy. always thinking. >> your dad, what kind of adviser was he? >> he loved the campaign. and he would go on -- if you will -- rallies, go out and speak to rallies. he would do parades, walk down street and shake hands with people. probably wonder who'd is this 88-year-old guy who is out there campaigning for mitt romney. >> massachusetts governor bill weld sat down with george romney and his son shortly after mitt's loss to ted kennedy. >> but the thing i remember most is what mitt romney was doing and he was turning sideways in his chair looking at his father, an expression i can only describe as hero worship. >> my purpose in make thing trip is not to impose my views on anyone else. >> governor george romney is the sort of republican not seen much these day. >> george romney wa
for his father, george romney. one needs to look no further than his race in 1994 and a campaign in which george romney played a key advisory role. >> his father, i think, essentially moved into the house in belmont and he was a wonderful guy. always thinking. >> your dad, what kind of adviser was he? >> he loved the campaign. and he would go on -- if you will -- rallies, go out and speak to rallies. he would do parades, walk down street and shake hands with people. probably...
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so this had a big impact on mitt romney. >> when he returns home, romney is a changed person. now deeply committed to his family's religion. he attends the mormon church's brigham young university along with ann davies. mitt and ann marry and eventually move to boston where romney gets a difficult combined mba and law degree from harvard. the romneys settle in massachusetts and mitt serves in higher and higher official positions in the mormon church. first as a bishop, then as head of the boston stake which is similar to a dioceses. mitt romney might be one of the more devout major party presidential nominees in american history. >> he spent up to, they say, 25 or 30 hours a week being the volunteer bishop. their religion is their life in many ways. >> but in addition to tending to religious matters, mitt romney is also in the process of building a major business. one that would make him a millionaire many times over. >> during the 15 years that i was there and that mitt was there, i believe bain capital probably had the most successful track record of any investment firm ever
so this had a big impact on mitt romney. >> when he returns home, romney is a changed person. now deeply committed to his family's religion. he attends the mormon church's brigham young university along with ann davies. mitt and ann marry and eventually move to boston where romney gets a difficult combined mba and law degree from harvard. the romneys settle in massachusetts and mitt serves in higher and higher official positions in the mormon church. first as a bishop, then as head of the...
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liars, like romney, are pro-foundly bad for this country. >> the romney lie in the romney ad, that's about as ugly a lie as you could possibly do with videotape, isn't it? >> lying politicians like mitt romney. the one word that best describes that assertion is lie. the lying romney campaign. today, mitt romney staked his campaign on that big lie. mitt romney has left us with a choice. he's either a liar or what george will would call, a bloviating ignoramus. >> tell us what you really mean. >> yesterday, mitt romney closed his speech with a reference to martin luther king jr., which brings up the uncomfortable memory of the 2007 campaign when he was talking about his father and martin luther king jr. let's look at that. >> i saw my father march with martin luther king. >> my dad marched with martin luther king. >> did you actually see your dad march with martin luther king? >> no, i say that in a figurative sense. i try to be as accurate as i can be, and the -- if you'll look at the literature or the dictionary, the term "saw" includes being aware of in thecethe sense that i've desc
liars, like romney, are pro-foundly bad for this country. >> the romney lie in the romney ad, that's about as ugly a lie as you could possibly do with videotape, isn't it? >> lying politicians like mitt romney. the one word that best describes that assertion is lie. the lying romney campaign. today, mitt romney staked his campaign on that big lie. mitt romney has left us with a choice. he's either a liar or what george will would call, a bloviating ignoramus. >> tell us what...
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romney's strength. first of all, how many of you rated hum a stronger leader. and that was one of the areas where mitt romney really stood out. let's ask karen ren sick a question. an unemployed voter, trying to make up your mind. when we heard that high moment from mitt romney, it stood out to you, why did it? >> i was surprised president obama did not stand out more and stronger in this. when mitt romney said the things he said, especially leaning back and showing the constitution and the bill of rights and it just really struck in me, yeah, this man could really help me in the job market and our economy. he stood out as a stronger candidate to me. >> did he stand out as someone that connects with you personally in a way he hasn't so far? >> yes, from the 's, i thought he was much more aloof than he appeared tonight. >> let's get to some of the lows, wolf. there were a couple of moments that our focus group reacted negatively to. >> the low points in the debate for president obama and governor romney,
romney's strength. first of all, how many of you rated hum a stronger leader. and that was one of the areas where mitt romney really stood out. let's ask karen ren sick a question. an unemployed voter, trying to make up your mind. when we heard that high moment from mitt romney, it stood out to you, why did it? >> i was surprised president obama did not stand out more and stronger in this. when mitt romney said the things he said, especially leaning back and showing the constitution and...
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, they're making assumptions about romney that romney doesn't make. >> even romney's own economists have said, that this isn't going to raise taxes on middle-class families. that's the core problem with the so-called ryan budget. problem with paul ryan, i think he's probably a very decent person, but he's well outside of the main stream of where most americans think we should go. raise taxes on rich people. they don't want to get rid of medicare. >> if he does say it with a smile on his face and i think that optimism does make a difference and i thought that the best line in his speech yesterday was about saying that this is not the new normal. >> that puts it back on president obama's record. >> well, that's true. again, we have a choice. it's no longer referendum. that was the decision, not only a tactical dix but a shift in the campaign. i think the tax thing is important. people need to be reminded we're not only extending the bush tax cuts they're going to double-down on additional tax cuts, ryan wanted to go to 30%. it's inconceivable to me in this day and age that we can ultimatel
, they're making assumptions about romney that romney doesn't make. >> even romney's own economists have said, that this isn't going to raise taxes on middle-class families. that's the core problem with the so-called ryan budget. problem with paul ryan, i think he's probably a very decent person, but he's well outside of the main stream of where most americans think we should go. raise taxes on rich people. they don't want to get rid of medicare. >> if he does say it with a smile on...
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romney. >> romney drops out tomorrow and it's between gingrich and santorum. [ laughter ] >> all right. thank you everybody. >> which of these stories will you be talking about tomorrow? singing in the sunshine state. ♪ america america. god shed his grace on thee. ♪ >> romney serenades supporters while he is ahead by a wide margin but newt gingrich whistles a different tune. >> six months. unless romney drops out. >> the polls are closed and the results are rolling in with analysis from elliott spitse and live from florida with craig crawford, countdown's david shuster, coverage of the 2012 florida primary begins now! ♪ from sea to shining sea ♪ >> good evening. it's an exciting night. good to have you with us. thanks for joining us tuesday january 31st 281 days until the 2012 presidential election. i am bill press sitting in for keith olbermann. this is our "countdown" coverage of the 2012 g.o.p. florida primary and what you want to know at this hour. cnn, fox and msnbc have all called the florida primary for mitt romney. no surprise there. maybe the only surprise is they call
romney. >> romney drops out tomorrow and it's between gingrich and santorum. [ laughter ] >> all right. thank you everybody. >> which of these stories will you be talking about tomorrow? singing in the sunshine state. ♪ america america. god shed his grace on thee. ♪ >> romney serenades supporters while he is ahead by a wide margin but newt gingrich whistles a different tune. >> six months. unless romney drops out. >> the polls are closed and the results...
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this time, rick santorum did call mitt romney. romney took the call. it has been described by santorum's eldest daughter as a cordial conservation but brief. it was literally seconds before santorum took the stage to make his remarks. he made it very clear that santorum is not backing down at all. super tuesday for him is an opportunity for him to rise again. mitt romney didn't mention any of his rivals tonight. there are only a few plays in the romney playbook. >> he has been incessantly disciplined disciplined in sticking with them. tonight was a victory, and he talked about barack obama, not his republican rivals. that's likely to continue, but where it is close and romney has to do well next week, don't expect any letup. mitt romney has made it very clear, he knows how to throw a punch and take a punch there. will be plenty between mitt romney and rick santorum in the days ahead. >> over at the touch screen tonight, bill, mitt romney did win a greater hair of the vote in michigan, interesting ruths in michigan and arizona. >> certainly is. to carl'
this time, rick santorum did call mitt romney. romney took the call. it has been described by santorum's eldest daughter as a cordial conservation but brief. it was literally seconds before santorum took the stage to make his remarks. he made it very clear that santorum is not backing down at all. super tuesday for him is an opportunity for him to rise again. mitt romney didn't mention any of his rivals tonight. there are only a few plays in the romney playbook. >> he has been incessantly...
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mitt romney had a chance to march with romney when he was 15 years old. he had a chance to march with history and he didn't do it. the last time he was running for president, he lied and said that his father did, but he didn't. the civil rights issue of mitt romney's era was civil rights. just -- the civil rights martyrs, james cheney, andrew goodman and michael schwartz were murdered trying to help people get the right to vote in mississippi. that was when hundreds of college students just a few years older than mitt romney were pouring into the south during the civil rights movement. a month after james cheney, andrew goodman and michael schwerner gave their lives for it. the civil rights act was signed into law because the civil rights issue of mitt romney's era was civil rights. the voting rights act was signed into law two months after mitt romney graduated from high school. did mitt romney attend any of the civil rights demonstrations in detroit during his high school years? no, not one. did other american high school kids both rich and poor, white
mitt romney had a chance to march with romney when he was 15 years old. he had a chance to march with history and he didn't do it. the last time he was running for president, he lied and said that his father did, but he didn't. the civil rights issue of mitt romney's era was civil rights. just -- the civil rights martyrs, james cheney, andrew goodman and michael schwartz were murdered trying to help people get the right to vote in mississippi. that was when hundreds of college students just a...
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and mitt romney has won ten states and if you look at the map, 11 is filled in romney red, because he is leading. and governor romney has ten states at the moment coming into the night, and he would like to add ohio and he believes he can add idaho and a chance in north dakota and the question is can he get tennessee? there is no question that we will look at governor romney winning more states. where will oklahoma go? gingrich ahead a month ago and santorum ahead late in the polls, and we fully expect massachusetts to become a romney state. >> and looking at georgia is the biggest delegate prize of the night, and georgia we project will go to newt gingrich, and how is it filling in, because we have 3% of the overall vote in. >> you see gingrich and santorum and typical in the states of a purple fill-in, and a tiny, tiny count, and alex mentioned that you have the 20% threshold and the proportionality kicks in and we can sew you later in it maerts when the states fill in, and mitt romney winning one tiny county over here by a handful of votes right there. as you watch it fill in, newt
and mitt romney has won ten states and if you look at the map, 11 is filled in romney red, because he is leading. and governor romney has ten states at the moment coming into the night, and he would like to add ohio and he believes he can add idaho and a chance in north dakota and the question is can he get tennessee? there is no question that we will look at governor romney winning more states. where will oklahoma go? gingrich ahead a month ago and santorum ahead late in the polls, and we...
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shelly, what do you expect mitt romney to do? what would you want mitt romney to do? >> well, we certainly know his history with bain capital, and we understand, well, we don't understand fully what his relationship with bain capital is now, but we certainly believe he has some influence and the workers here really would love for mitt romney to come to our community and talk to the people who are losing their jobs. actually, what we would really love to see is the mayor, and i talked this afternoon, would be for governor romney and president obama to hold a debate in the city of freeport to talk about how to make america more competitive. companies lie like bain capital are in the business of creating wealth. we're in the business of creating jobs. they don't have to be mutually exclusive, but it's difficult to handle those on a local level because it's federal policies that make the difference. we would love to see a debate held in freeport, which is home of one of the famous lincoln-douglas debates and we would like to see how we could keep our jobs here at home. >>
shelly, what do you expect mitt romney to do? what would you want mitt romney to do? >> well, we certainly know his history with bain capital, and we understand, well, we don't understand fully what his relationship with bain capital is now, but we certainly believe he has some influence and the workers here really would love for mitt romney to come to our community and talk to the people who are losing their jobs. actually, what we would really love to see is the mayor, and i talked this...
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romney. if he exploits the debates to his favor and increases his standard beyond that of obama, he will fit right in. the bad news, romney has to beat obama to do it. and what a big night for politics, history and our bloled country. that's "hardball" for now. "the ed show" starts right now. >>> good evening, america. welcome to "the ed show" from new york. 43 days until the 2012 election. only nine days until the first presidential debate. mitt romney thinks it's fair to pay a smaller tax rate than americans who earn $50,000 a year? you like that? this is "the ed show." let's get to work. >> what's your big idea? >> freedom. >> now we know. mitt romney loves freedom and he loves his low tax rate. >> you think it is fair? >> yeah, i think it's the right way to encourage economic growth. >> tonight, richard wolf on mitt romn romney's definition of fair and dean baker on romney's ability to game the tax code with chinese investments. >> my expectation would be in the crunch in october, governo
romney. if he exploits the debates to his favor and increases his standard beyond that of obama, he will fit right in. the bad news, romney has to beat obama to do it. and what a big night for politics, history and our bloled country. that's "hardball" for now. "the ed show" starts right now. >>> good evening, america. welcome to "the ed show" from new york. 43 days until the 2012 election. only nine days until the first presidential debate. mitt romney...
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romney. people haven't seen new ideas, smart energy. can they lock the campaign to it and can they now take advantage to really capitalize on the second look he's going to get. >> rose: was the romney you saw tonight the romney you knew, mike. >> yes. a little secret of the romney, i ran his campaign for governor back in 2002, and he won that state by performing really well in the debates. the go you saw tonight, smart, policy-focused, crisp. you look at him and think boy a guy who knows how to run something well. so i think the country in many ways got the first real look at that and then filtered away and now if the romney guys can keep that going for the month they're really back in the race. the next thing the media narrative will need a couple better polls for romney and my guess is they'll get them. they have a real opportunity to move forward. >> rose: john dickerson. >> on the poll of undecided voters right after the debate who watched, romney not only won two to one but on the questi
romney. people haven't seen new ideas, smart energy. can they lock the campaign to it and can they now take advantage to really capitalize on the second look he's going to get. >> rose: was the romney you saw tonight the romney you knew, mike. >> yes. a little secret of the romney, i ran his campaign for governor back in 2002, and he won that state by performing really well in the debates. the go you saw tonight, smart, policy-focused, crisp. you look at him and think boy a guy who...
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for romney here? he's held hostage by a lot of people. he owes a lot of people favors. again, his unwillingness to put himself out there and take any political risk speaks poorly for him as a governor, i don't mean as the governor of massachusetts, but as someone who wants to push ideas forward. he seems to have no ideas of his own. the idea that he's resisted adelson so far, i mean, the devil gets to play the fiddle for as long as he can. he's only going to be able to resist him until he gets into office and has to do something. and we don't know what that will be. >> and jonathan, isn't it sort of humiliating to be, i won't say bullied, but pummeled around by sheldon adelson? >> yes, especially when you're dependent on his deep pockets to help make up the fund-raising gap between you and the president. if it weren't for sheldon adelson and a bunch of other independent folks, these 527s, throwing money to help him, he'd be at a disadvantage. but i want to say something about mitt romney's supposed re
for romney here? he's held hostage by a lot of people. he owes a lot of people favors. again, his unwillingness to put himself out there and take any political risk speaks poorly for him as a governor, i don't mean as the governor of massachusetts, but as someone who wants to push ideas forward. he seems to have no ideas of his own. the idea that he's resisted adelson so far, i mean, the devil gets to play the fiddle for as long as he can. he's only going to be able to resist him until he gets...
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head, romney was a different guy after the libya stumble and again, the romney folks believe th the fact checkers will tank their side but mitt romney couldn't make the argument. it is sort of the same issue president obama had in that first debate. but i thought that one of the big misses for mitt romney we are not talking about now and that we would have been talking about if not for the libya moment was what i thought was a miss on the bush question, right? he gets the question that i think is this sort of lingering question out there with some swing voters, particularly say in the upper midwest, the ohio, iowa, portion of this -- of these battleground states and yet it was, hey, i am going to be tougher on china, i am going to be more free trade, he didn't seem to have a solid answer of what makes me different than bush and then the president in there clearly was ready with his talking points. i will tell yo tell you how he s different from bush, hits him on medicare and on immigration. so it was almost a reverse of here you have the president with a plan and he executed it toni
head, romney was a different guy after the libya stumble and again, the romney folks believe th the fact checkers will tank their side but mitt romney couldn't make the argument. it is sort of the same issue president obama had in that first debate. but i thought that one of the big misses for mitt romney we are not talking about now and that we would have been talking about if not for the libya moment was what i thought was a miss on the bush question, right? he gets the question that i think...
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romney care still seems to be hurdle for romney voters. he needs to do more especially as a new 2009 revelation came out in recent days. he needs to bridge that gap if he can. he needs to try to. at least look like is he willing to come to terms with romney care. >> rick santorum has talked about that a lot. on your show today and criticized romney openly. >> which he doesn't do all that often. indeed, megyn, i know you have been talking about, this rick santorum, that he believes is still his opening with romney. how you can run against barack obama when you yourself advocated on behalf of a national mandate as he did pretty much in that "u.s.a. today" piece from 2009? nevertheless, you talk to folks and i have been speaking to listeners across the country last two weeks you do sense people are getting weary of this process. do you sense people are saying the perfect is the enemy of the good. we have got to kind of figure this out soon. >> megyn: what of that in the polls showing the folks who decided in the past few days are siding with
romney care still seems to be hurdle for romney voters. he needs to do more especially as a new 2009 revelation came out in recent days. he needs to bridge that gap if he can. he needs to try to. at least look like is he willing to come to terms with romney care. >> rick santorum has talked about that a lot. on your show today and criticized romney openly. >> which he doesn't do all that often. indeed, megyn, i know you have been talking about, this rick santorum, that he believes...
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vote for mitt romney? the romney campaign is in serious trouble. but you do what you've got to do in these situations you've got to put one foot in front of the other and they have decided the way they're going to get out of these problems and the way they're going to take these steps is going to be baby steps. welcome to america? seriously, who's making the decisions in this campaign right now. [ thunder crashes ] [ male announcer ] if you think all batteries are the same... consider this: when the unexpected happens, there's one brand of battery more emergency workers trust in their maglites: duracell. one reason: duralock power preserve. it locks in power for up to 10 years in storage. guaranteed. so, whether it's 10 years' of life's sunny days... or... the occasional stormy one... trust goes a long way. duracell with duralock. trusted everywhere. try this... bayer? this isn't just a headache. trust me, this is new bayer migraine. [ male announcer ] it's the power of aspirin plus more in a triple action formula to relieve your tough migraines. n
vote for mitt romney? the romney campaign is in serious trouble. but you do what you've got to do in these situations you've got to put one foot in front of the other and they have decided the way they're going to get out of these problems and the way they're going to take these steps is going to be baby steps. welcome to america? seriously, who's making the decisions in this campaign right now. [ thunder crashes ] [ male announcer ] if you think all batteries are the same... consider this:...
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it's all about romney's taxes. a new poll suggests americans want to know what is in his taxes. 56% of voters said he should release the last 12 years. and it doesn't stop with voters. tea party icon ron paul told politico in the scheme of things politically, you know, it looks like releasing tax returns is what the people want. texas governor and alleged romney supporter rick perry had this to say. >> no matter who you are or what office you're running for, you should be as transparent as you can be. with your tax returns and other aspects of your life. >> and the editors of the conservative national review wrote, romney as a politician running for the highest office in the land, and his current posture is probably unsustainable. this guy has really boxed himself in. he told the country two years of tax returns, that's all you're going to get. there's an arrogance to that, don't you think? just like romney told andrea mitchell last year he wasn't considering releasing any returns. >> and with regards to my tax ret
it's all about romney's taxes. a new poll suggests americans want to know what is in his taxes. 56% of voters said he should release the last 12 years. and it doesn't stop with voters. tea party icon ron paul told politico in the scheme of things politically, you know, it looks like releasing tax returns is what the people want. texas governor and alleged romney supporter rick perry had this to say. >> no matter who you are or what office you're running for, you should be as transparent...
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so he's going after romney where as romney is going after obama. >> if you're mitt romney, you just want to talk about economy, jobs, your track record, bring back the olympics that you saved for the nation. you want to keep hitting the stuff that you're good at, don't you? >> i want to make up the point that it's really easy, especially if you're considered the moderate republican in the primary. it's really easy to be super confident in a state like illinois. you don't get conservative until you go pretty far south in illinois and maybe closer to the metro east. it's really easy to be confident in a state like illinois. women voters, especially after south carolina with the fluff with his wife, they were going to santorum, but i'm noticing that some more and more conservatives and more and more women are starting to at least, with the past couple of contests, colessing a little bit about romney. i'm not certain if that's a huge trend just yet. but, yeah, it's definitely the fat lady is warming up. i know a lot of people have said it. i think we're down to a two-man race now. >> carol,
so he's going after romney where as romney is going after obama. >> if you're mitt romney, you just want to talk about economy, jobs, your track record, bring back the olympics that you saved for the nation. you want to keep hitting the stuff that you're good at, don't you? >> i want to make up the point that it's really easy, especially if you're considered the moderate republican in the primary. it's really easy to be super confident in a state like illinois. you don't get...
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romney gained the tax code. he basically picked his own tax rate and accountants played around with deductions to hit the pre-determined rate near 14%. would you take it? meanwhile, romney won't explain the specifics of his tax plan for you and me. americans. >> we bring down rates, we limit deductions and exemptions to keep the code and encourage growth in jobs. >> and the devil is in the details. what are we talking about? mortgage deduction? >> the devil is in the detail, the angel is in the policy which is creating more jobs. >> tax cuts for the rich do not create jobs. this is the top marginal tax rate from 1948 to 2010. you be the judge. it's gone down quite a bit. here's unemployment over the same period. it's very hard to argue lower taxes do anything worthwhile for jobs, but romney's plan is even worse than this. not only will rich people get tax breaks, the only way to pay for them is on the backs of the middle class and everybody else. every wage earner out there. you can serve up a little more can't
romney gained the tax code. he basically picked his own tax rate and accountants played around with deductions to hit the pre-determined rate near 14%. would you take it? meanwhile, romney won't explain the specifics of his tax plan for you and me. americans. >> we bring down rates, we limit deductions and exemptions to keep the code and encourage growth in jobs. >> and the devil is in the details. what are we talking about? mortgage deduction? >> the devil is in the detail,...
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johnston on romney's huge tax lie. james hoff of the teamsters on romney's 108 on his feelings for the american middle class. and ohio state senator nina turner on what last night's debate means for the buckeye state. good to have you with us tonight, folks. thanks for watching. if it were just only a game, right? the presidential debate last night was ugly. it was an ugly night because the truth left the building. it took a beating. give mitt romney credit, though. he was an all-american liar last night. and the president seemed to leave his best material, his best game at home. for millions of americans, it was extremely hard to watch mitt romney lie the way he did and get away with it. >> first of all, i don't have a $5 trillion tax cut. i don't have a tax cut of the scale that you're talking about. my view is we ought to provide tax relief to people in the middle class. >> the lie is so outrageous, it's breathtaking. mitt romney has campaigned across this country promoting a 20% reduction in the tax rate. his plan
johnston on romney's huge tax lie. james hoff of the teamsters on romney's 108 on his feelings for the american middle class. and ohio state senator nina turner on what last night's debate means for the buckeye state. good to have you with us tonight, folks. thanks for watching. if it were just only a game, right? the presidential debate last night was ugly. it was an ugly night because the truth left the building. it took a beating. give mitt romney credit, though. he was an all-american liar...
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. >> i think mitt romney's biggest problem right now is mitt romney. >> there were a couple of times i wondered if i was going to get a pink slip. >> the great middle class, the 80 to 90% of us. >> he's got to reduce the line where he seems a little out of touch. >> poor george. he was born with a silver foot in his mouth! >> this is a real kamikaze mission to try to stop mitt romney. >> other campaigns were firing at me very aggressively. >> south carolina is the place where we'll make our stand. >> you're getting hit by newt gingrich on social issues already in south carolina. >> the down and dirty in south carolina. >> it's a good boost going into south carolina. >> newt gingrich, rick santorum, and jon huntsman have a single strategy. >> he's going to get just shellacked. >> south carolina as good a place to draw that line in the sand as any. >> this is going to be fun! ha-ha! >>> mitt romney is on the glide path to the most easily secured nomination a republican presidential candidate has ever had while being one of the weakest major candidates either party has ever seen. those
. >> i think mitt romney's biggest problem right now is mitt romney. >> there were a couple of times i wondered if i was going to get a pink slip. >> the great middle class, the 80 to 90% of us. >> he's got to reduce the line where he seems a little out of touch. >> poor george. he was born with a silver foot in his mouth! >> this is a real kamikaze mission to try to stop mitt romney. >> other campaigns were firing at me very aggressively. >>...
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rick santorum did call mitt romney. romney took the call. it's been described by santorum's eldest daughterrer as a cordial conversation but brief. it happens minutes before he took to the stage to make his remarks. he made it clear that although it didn't go his way, he's not backing down and super tuesday is an opportunity for him to rise again. mitt romney didn't mention any of thinks republican rivals tonight. there are only a few plays in the romney playbook, and he has been disciplined in sticking with them. tonight was a victory and he talk about barack obama, not about his republican rivals. that's likely to continue but in ohio and the states where it's close and romney has to do well next week, don't expect any let-up. mitt romney has made it clear he knows how to throw a punch and he knows how to take a punch. there will be plenty of those exchanged between mitt romney and rick santorum in the days ahead. >> thank you. >> bill is at the touch screen tonight. bill, mitt romney did win a greater share of the vote in michigan. some i
rick santorum did call mitt romney. romney took the call. it's been described by santorum's eldest daughterrer as a cordial conversation but brief. it happens minutes before he took to the stage to make his remarks. he made it clear that although it didn't go his way, he's not backing down and super tuesday is an opportunity for him to rise again. mitt romney didn't mention any of thinks republican rivals tonight. there are only a few plays in the romney playbook, and he has been disciplined in...
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that -- that guy next to romney's not already a romney? [ laughter ] >> you sure that's not like -- brick romney or chad or fudge romney? >> i don't really know him well because i've never been to the tomb. >> that's right. jokes from house minority leader nancy pelosi. one late night comic, though, was not laughing. >> paul ryan, like mitt romney and like president obama, and like joe biden, is a good family man. we have four good family men in this presidential race. [ applause ] >> what about me? i don't need family men. i need a monologue, more herman cains, more john edwards, that's what i need. let's get herman cain, john edwards back in this case. >> maybe donald trump? >> donald trump says he has a big surprise in store for everyone at the republican national convention this year. a surprise he says people will love. so apparently he's not going. >> senator john mccain said it would be wise for president obama to drop joe biden from the ticket. wait -- john mccain's giving advice about choosing a running mate? like donald trump giv
that -- that guy next to romney's not already a romney? [ laughter ] >> you sure that's not like -- brick romney or chad or fudge romney? >> i don't really know him well because i've never been to the tomb. >> that's right. jokes from house minority leader nancy pelosi. one late night comic, though, was not laughing. >> paul ryan, like mitt romney and like president obama, and like joe biden, is a good family man. we have four good family men in this presidential race. [...
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romney people. if you look at these exit polls tonight, what's really interesting, is he does not get -- mitt romney, huge win, accolades all around, he does not get the base of the base. he still doesn't get the people who consider themselves very conservative. he won with overall conservatives but not the most conservative. he didn't win with the people who strongly support the tea party movement. overall tea partiers, yes, but not the base of the base. i think that will continue to dog him. the gingrich campaign says, you know what, maybe these are enough people to win us some states. >> we have something that's going to happen tonight. up to 11:59, it's going to be really important to see who has staying power. that is the super pacs restore our future for mitt romney, winning our future for newt gingrich and report how much money they raised in the year and they haven't had a report since last summer. we have had six months these guys have been raising money. we don't know who's been giving the
romney people. if you look at these exit polls tonight, what's really interesting, is he does not get -- mitt romney, huge win, accolades all around, he does not get the base of the base. he still doesn't get the people who consider themselves very conservative. he won with overall conservatives but not the most conservative. he didn't win with the people who strongly support the tea party movement. overall tea partiers, yes, but not the base of the base. i think that will continue to dog him....
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is mitt romney among those? we'll never know since he refuses to release his tax returns for the years before he was running for president. >> do you think that this renews the pressure for romney to release more returns? or is just harry reid having fun with this whole thing? >> no, i agree with harry reid. i mean, we've got a candidate for president, mitt romney, writing off half the country, and calling them victims and dependent on government, because supposedly, they don't pay income taxes. well, they pay state and local taxes, property taxes, payroll taxes, and mitt romney, who has invested overseas in the cayman islands and has money in swiss bank accounts, and in bermuda, and won't release anything more than a year and a partial year of his tax return, has the nerve to call half of america victims? it's -- >> i think another key point in all of this, the man who hosted that fund-raiser back in may in boca raton has apologized to mitt romney, and it's now out there, of course, everyone was told that this
is mitt romney among those? we'll never know since he refuses to release his tax returns for the years before he was running for president. >> do you think that this renews the pressure for romney to release more returns? or is just harry reid having fun with this whole thing? >> no, i agree with harry reid. i mean, we've got a candidate for president, mitt romney, writing off half the country, and calling them victims and dependent on government, because supposedly, they don't pay...
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he was helped by romney. he was helped by romney for two reasons. one, romney made a classic mistake. he came to the second debate, thoroughly prepared for the first debate. he said the same lines, often using the same words that he had said two weeks ago. so he had telegraphed every line, he had telegraphed his arguments. the president knew what he was going to say and was prepared to box him, to call him, to hold him accountable. secondly, on style, romney was like the hall monitor. and then he was lake a frustrated guy who, because he couldn't have everything his way. you know, if ownership on the wrong side of the gender gap, i wouldn't fight with a female moderator of a debate. i wouldn't try to bully her. and it's even worse if you end up failing. >> michael, is there any issue that mitt romney gained ground on last night? >> i think he did, on the libya piece. >> michael! you're not serious! come on, you can't be serious. i mean, you can't be serious about that! it was a disaster. it was a train wreck. >> bob, can i make my point? >> bob, you
he was helped by romney. he was helped by romney for two reasons. one, romney made a classic mistake. he came to the second debate, thoroughly prepared for the first debate. he said the same lines, often using the same words that he had said two weeks ago. so he had telegraphed every line, he had telegraphed his arguments. the president knew what he was going to say and was prepared to box him, to call him, to hold him accountable. secondly, on style, romney was like the hall monitor. and then...
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liberals excoriated jim lehrer in the first debate because mitt romney 1. -- mitt romney won. service is not candy crowley because barack obama 1. -- conservatives knocked candy crowley because of barack obama won. martha raddatz escape unscathed mostly. i learned a lot from the first debate. i learned what mitt romney believed, that he was willing to tailor positions for the general electric, that barack obama did not show up and was not engaged. the reason i did was because similar give them the time to do it. -- jim lehrer gave them the time to do it. i think candy crowley did a good job, i think martha rdatz did a good job. i don't know the formula for a good debate. >> it seems that there are two choices here. you can have a moderator who holds their feet to the fire a bit and ask serious questions and is not let them michael around, and martha raddatz was the best example of that. if you are not going to do that, just let them talk to each other and have a bus to go up for time. >> what about the town hall format? >> no, i think i.t. is completely phony. have an impossib
liberals excoriated jim lehrer in the first debate because mitt romney 1. -- mitt romney won. service is not candy crowley because barack obama 1. -- conservatives knocked candy crowley because of barack obama won. martha raddatz escape unscathed mostly. i learned a lot from the first debate. i learned what mitt romney believed, that he was willing to tailor positions for the general electric, that barack obama did not show up and was not engaged. the reason i did was because similar give them...